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Yale study: 56% in Bengal have faced severe storms, the highest in India

Kolkata, Nov. 19 -- 56 per cent people in Bengal have personally experienced severe storms, which is the highest percentage in the entire country. 77 per cent of the people in the state are of the opi... Read More


State plans Centre of Excellence to address PSU challenges

Kolkata, Nov. 17 -- The Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction (PE&IR) department is planning to set up a Centre of Excellence in collaboration with the Institute of Company Secretaries of I... Read More


Jadavpur Univ collaborates with UK university to document Nepali, Bodo, Lepcha & Kudmali texts

Kolkata, Nov. 16 -- The Centre for Translation of Indian Literatures (CENTIL) of Jadavpur University (JU) is working on a Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) project wi... Read More


KMC uses paver blocks to rebuild six roads in city

Kolkata, Nov. 13 -- The Roads department of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has already completed construction of six roads in the city with paver blocks for preventing wear and tear following a r... Read More


Mamata conferred honorary D.Litt by Japan's Okayama University

Kolkata, Nov. 12 -- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been conferred an honorary Doctor of Literature (D.Litt) degree by Japan's prestigious Okayama University in recognition of her contributi... Read More


KMDA signs first formal rent agreement with six Rabindra Sarobar clubs

Kolkata, Nov. 12 -- After nearly five decades since its inception, the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has formalised its first official rent agreement with six clubs located in and ... Read More


After Supreme Court order, KMC to launch ward-wise rabies vaccination camps for stray dogs by roping in vets

Kolkata, Nov. 11 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will conduct rabies vaccination of stray dogs by hosting camps in every ward by roping in veterinary doctors on case-to-case basis to overco... Read More


'Liquor prices in Bengal set to rise from December 1'

Kolkata, Nov. 10 -- Liquor prices in Bengal are all set to rise ahead of the Christmas and New Year festivities, according to a new notification issued by the state Excise department. The order clearl... Read More


Purulia: Forest cameras capture sloth bear in Kotshila-Jhalda

Kolkata, Nov. 9 -- The state Forest department has captured images of sloth bear at Kotshila-Jhalda forest in Purulia bearing testimony to the fact that the western districts of Bengal are breaking a ... Read More


KMC to build five new lifting stations to prevent waterlogging

Kolkata, Nov. 7 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will set up lifting stations at five strategic points in the outfall zones of the Bidyadhari Canal and the Ganga River to prevent waterloggin... Read More